Detachable-handle broom.



R. HOUSTON.

DETAGHABLE HANDLE BROOM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11. I915.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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INVENTOR H055 Hou's fan.

A TTOR/VE Y ,a specification.

, U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROSS nous'rou, or TACOMA, WASHINGTON;

DETAGI-IABLE-HANDLIS BROOM.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LRossI-lousron, a citizen of the United States, and a resident'of Tacoma, county of Pierce, and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Detachable- Handle Brooms, of which the following is The call for a broom having a detachable handle is, in the first place, based upon the desire to bring about a decrease in the cost of a broom to the manufacturer, and also to the consumer. To this end, it is desirable that the handle of the broom be not thrown away and wasted after the broom-head has become unfit for use andservice; for the handle is an appreciable item in the cost,

ing the handle in the broom-head; th'esimplicity of the means bearing, of course, di-

rectly on the cost of manufacture, for it would be "a difficult thing i to increase the present cost of a broom to the consumer, and have the broom meet with favor on the market. With regard to the efliciency of the means,it isto be said that it is indispensable that the broom-head be rigidly fastened on 3 thehandle, so that the broom whole will retain the solidity found in the broom made with *a'fixed handle; and such solidity must continuethroughout the'use of the broom.

Furthermore, the handle must not be worn by. itsattachment to, or removal from, the broom-head, for otherwise the neatness of the appearance of the broom as a whole will be lost, and the'life of the handle shortened.

The above-mentioned desirable ends I attain by my invention, the general features of which are the following: The broom-head is formed on a' hollow core, and the latter has an end projecting beyond the broomhead, which projecting end is slotted longitudinally substantially the full length there of. The said hollow ,core constitutes a Speoificationof Letters Zlatcnt.v Application filed May 11,1915. serial no; 27,450.

V Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

socket for the broom handle. The butt end of the handle is made with an inward taper sothat said slotted end of the core may be contracted about said tapered portion of the butt of the handle, and thereby securely fastening the broom-head on the handle. After the handle has beeninserted in its said socket, the projecting slotted end of the core is contracted about said tapered butt end of the handle, by suitable means, thus securely fastening the broom-head on the handle. A y l The details of construction of my invention are hereinafter fully described with respect to the accompanying drawings, in

- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing my improved broom head and detachable handle in their attached position; Fig;

2 is a view similar to Fig 1, showing-the hollow core of the broom-head core, and the inwardly taperedbutt end of the detachable broom-handle inserted in said core, but

not locked therein. The locking devices and broom-head body are omitted from this view; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line. 3'-3 of Fig. '1, showing means for contracting theslotte'd'end of the hollow core about the tapered butt end of the han-- dle'; the broken lines of this figure illustrattures of my improved construction; Fig. 5

'ing the action of said means; Fig. lis an elevation of a broom embodyln'g the feais a perspective view of a portion of the s 'molding strip from] which my improved hollow broom-headcore is made; and Fig. 6 is a view similarto'Fig. 3 but showing another type of means for causing the contraction of said slotted end of the core for the one shown in the other drawings.

The core of my broom-head comprises the two supplementary sections of half-round moldinga, a, the parting line between these sections being indicated by g, in Figsl and 2. These sections are placed together so as to form a cylindrical core and are held firmly in such related position by the wire 0,

which is'wound tightly around said core. The broom-head body 72, is fixed on the core in the usual manner. The upper end of the core projects above the broom-head, and

the projecting portion is'provided with diametrical, longitudinal slots 0?, which permit this end of the core'to be contracted. The extreme upper end of the core is chamfered off so as to present a finished appearance. The detachable broom-handle e is of the usual tapered construction, the lower or butt end 6 being chucked so as to form a true cylindrical body of a diameter which will'give said handle end a close lit in the lower end of the core, and leave an inwardly tapered portion above said cylindrical portion. A felt buffer-washer 7 encircles the core at the upper end of the broomhead.

The means by which the detachable broom-handle e is secured i nthe broomhead core, consists of a pair of parallel rings it, and cam locking levers i, pivoted on the pins j, between said rings.

full lines of Fig. 3, they will contract the projecting slotted end of the core about said tapered portion of the butt end of the handle, thereby securely fastening the broomhead on the handle. 7 ,7 is The enlarged end 6 of the handle 6 will prevent the handle from being withdrawn from the core until the cam locking levers are again placed in their inactive state and the surface contact between the core and the handle will hold these parts rigidly together. In Fig. ,5, a represents a section of a molding strip from which the broom-head core is made. -An alternate locking device, which may besubstituted for the one shown in the other drawings, is shown in Fig. 6. In this device, n is a ring, the interior face of which is made with spiral'recesses in which are seated the spiral wedges 0. When the ring a is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow inFig. 6, and the wedges 0 held stationary, the latter will be forced inward so as to contract the end of the core and thereby lock the handle in place as previously described.

Since the core is made of woodand of considerable length, it will not mar the handle, and the pressure of the clamping means is applied to the core of the broom-head, which is a part of the discarded broom-head.

Applicant preferably makes his core of a plurality of members having longitudinal abutting faces, because such construction has a tendency to facilitate the contraction ,of the slotted projecting end of the core about the tapered portion of the butt end of the broom-handle; and such construction further tends, simultaneously with the contraction OfthG uppervend of the core, to expand the lower end of the latter, and in so doing tends to tighten the binding of the broom-head on the core, and adds to the strength and durability of the broom-head.

I claim:

1. A broom-head including ahollow core having a longitudinal bore, the broom-head being formed on said hollow core and the latter constituting a socket for the handle of the broom, said handle having a tapered butt-end, the hollow core projecting beyond the broom-head, and such projecting portion being longitudinally slotted substantially the full length thereof, whereby said slotted end of the core is adapted to be given a locking contraction about the tapered butt end of the broom handle.

2. A broom-head including a hollow core having a longitudinal bore and made of a plurality of members having longitudinal abutting faces, the brooms-head being formed on said hollow core and the latter constituting a socket'for the handle oftlie broom, said handle having a tapered buttend, the hollow core projecting beyond the broom-head, and such projecting portion being. longitudinally slotted substantially the full length thereof, whereby said slotted end of the core is adapted to be given a locking contraction about the taperedbutt end of the broom-handle. v

A broom consisting of a broom-head including a hollow core having a longitudinal bore and made of a plurality of-members having longitudinal abutting faces, the broom-head being formedon said hollow core, and the latter'constituti-ng a socket for the butt end of the handle of the broom, the j hollow core projecting beyond the broomhead andsuch projecting portion being longitudinally' slotted substantially, the, full length thereof,a broom handle inserted, in said hollow core,ithe handle having an inbore and made of a plurality of members having longitudinal abutting faces, the broom-head being formed on said hollow core, and the latter constitutinga socket for the butt end of the handle of thebroom, the

hollow core projecting some distance be-' yond the broom-head and such projecting portion beinglongitudinally slotted substantially the full length thereof, a broom handle inserted in said hollow core, and means for contracting said slotted end of the hollow core about the butt end of the broom handle,

said means at the same time tending to cause the lower ends of the core members to expand 1n the broom material.

5. A broom-head made with a hollow core head, such projecting portion being adapted having a longitudinal bore made of a pluto be contracted about and for locking en- 10 rality of members having longitudinal abutgagement with the butt end of the'handle ting faces, the broom-head being formed on inserted in said socket, and such contraction 5 said hollow core and the latter constituting at the same time tending to cause the lower a socket in which to insert the butt end of ends of said core members to expand in the the handle of the broom, saidhollow core broom material.

projectingsome distance beyond the broom ROSS HOUSTON.

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